Chris -
Please don't assume that you speak for the Wikimedia community overall.
I actually find your email much more objectionable than any of
Victoria's messages.
I do not see Victoria's emails as undermining the work of WMF, nor of
WMF's relationship with its volunteers and its partners. I agree with
Kunal here. It is rare to hear from Board members on this list,
especially speaking informally or not speaking for the Board as a whole,
and I very much appreciate Victoria's sharing her thoughts and feelings
with us. Could she have written in a less antagonistic way? Sure, but so
could you. Although I disagree with how the Board has handled this
matter, I actually feel a little better about the Board than I did
before I read Victoria's emails. So Victoria's message improved at least
one volunteer's relationship with the Board.
However, I think that your email will likely serve to weaken the
relationship between the Board and volunteers, because it will likely
have a chilling effect, making Board members (and WMF staff) less likely
to want to share their perspectives on this email list.
Paul / Libcub
On 2024-07-22 12:30 AM, Kunal Mehta wrote:
Hi,
On 7/19/24 09:48, Chris Keating wrote:
But you have gone well past the line of communicating your
reservations about a particular proposal. With these frustrated
emails, you are now undermining the work of the WMF, and its
relationship with its own volunteers and its partners. Please stop.
I don't agree with Victoria, but I strongly disagree with this
contention and request. We don't hear enough from individual board
members, so I appreciate her for at least explaining herself and
engaging on this list.
Is there anyone who isn't frustrated at how this process has gone? The
board being silent and non-responsive to criticism is usually what
actually undermines the WMF.
-- Kunal / Legoktm
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